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News Wire Feed Light Reading 3/17/2021 SAN JOSE, Calif. – Aervivo, the developer of a revolutionary 5G fixed wireless connectivity platform that enables fiber-grade experiences at a fraction of the cost, announced today that it closed $3.0M in series seed financing. The round was led by Kickstart Fund, an early stage VC fund based in Salt Lake City, UT with participation from TDF Ventures, an investor in early stage infrastructure, services and software start-ups. "We're delighted to have two very strong partners in Kickstart and TDF join the A...

How Does a Utility Turn a Net-Zero Vision into Reality? That’s What They’re Arguing About in Minnesota Xcel Energy says natural gas must be part of the energy transition. Others say wind, solar and batteries can do the job. February 17, 2021 Xcel Energy is proposing to stop burning coal at the Sherburne County Generating Station in Becker, Minnesota, and build a new natural gas power plant on the site. Credit: Tony Webster Related Share this article In the national debate over the role of natural gas power in the energy transition, some of the key players are digging in for a battle in Mi...

Mon, Dec 14th 2020 6:24am — Karl Bode The FCC last week held a reverse auction to dole out $9 billion to, purportedly, improve patchy U.S. broadband. But consumer groups say the auction did nothing of the sort, instead delivering $9 billion to a dodgy roster of companies with existing histories of fraud that will be using much of the funds to expand broadband to affluent areas where broadband is often already available. The reverse auction involved doling out billions from the FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), paid into via Universal Service Fund (USF) contributions affixed to yo...

The US government wants to break up Facebook. Good - it's long overdue Matt Stoller and Shaoul Sussman © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Graeme Jennings/AFP/Getty Images This week the government filed a ground-breaking antitrust suit against Facebook, seeking to break up the corporation for monopolistic practices. The suit comes on the heels of a similar case against Google, as well as an aggressive Democrat-authored Congressional report recommending taking apart not just Google and Facebook, but Apple and Amazon as well. The evidence against Facebook seems overwhelmin...

4 months old The US government wants to break up Facebook. Good – it's long overdue MattStollerandShaoulSussman This article is more than 4 months old America broke up logging companies in the 1840s, Standard Oil in the 1910s, and AT&T in the 1980s. It’s time to take on big tech The Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, testified remotely before a congressional subcommittee in July. Photograph: Graeme Jennings/AFP/Getty Images The Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, testified remotely before a congressional subcommittee in July. Photograph: Graeme Jennings/AFP/Getty Images Fri 11 Dec 2020 09.48...